Chapter 646 365: Ancestral God-level Extract

"Although I did not leave my own skills to you, Xiaomeng's 'Dream' ability has tremendous and versatile potential—even more than any of my skills—so I left it for you. As an exotic beast, Xiaomeng is limited; the development of her Dream ability has a ceiling, preventing her from fully realizing the skill's potential. I hope this skill will one day shine brilliantly in your hands."

Mr. Ao's voice came to an abrupt end. A stream of information flowed into Su Ze's mind, revealing the nature of the golden heart before him.

This golden heart was essentially an "Ancestral God-level extract"!

If one had to assign it a tier, it would be a tier-10 extract!

Its source was the Creation Dream Butterfly—the very Xiaomeng Mr. Ao had spoken of.

Inside this heart was the complete Ancestral God-level skill "Dream Creation," which was the dream ability mastered by the Creation Dream Butterfly.

However, this was of course not something the current Su Ze could absorb. He would have to wait until he became a Sun God to absorb it!

One could say that one of his three skill slots for the God-level stage was already reserved.

Mr. Ao's words also revealed other information, such as the "leader skill inheritance of the Human Race."

It wasn't hard to deduce that Mr. Ao was referring to the Divine Grace of Evolution skill. Su Ze had already realized this skill was closely related to the Human Race's Racial Talent, but only now did he learn of the concept of a "leader skill."

'What is that?'

'Also, why did Mr. Ao say the dream ability has limitless potential, but since the Creation Dream Butterfly is an exotic beast, it can't unearth its full potential?'

'Do exotic beasts have limitations in this area, too?'

When in doubt about anything, ask the Pope.

Su Ze called the Pope back to clear up his doubts.

However, to Su Ze's disappointment, the Pope didn't know what a "leader skill" was, having never heard of the concept.

'Mr. Ao wouldn't just say things for no reason. If the Pope doesn't know, it must mean his power in his past life was too low to access such high-level information.'

However, regarding the potential limit of exotic beasts, Su Ze did find an answer in the information Mr. Ao had left him.

Normally, if a life form from an Intelligent Race didn't rely on pillaging the Origin Genes of other races, its theoretical evolutionary limit was the Ancestral God level.

This was only in the case of perfectly restoring their own race's Origin Gene. In reality, perfectly restoring the Origin Gene is extremely difficult. On the contrary, the Defiled find it easier to achieve by devouring members of their own race.

Perfectly restoring the Origin Gene is equivalent to becoming the progenitor of a race.

Back then, the progenitors of the Ten Thousand Races separated by the Supreme Creator God were all of similar strength. Compared to today's Ancestral God level, they were equivalent to the gatekeepers among Ancestral Gods.

The reason the realm was named "Ancestral God" was because it meant one had reached the strength of that first batch of progenitors of the Ten Thousand Races.

In other words, the initial strength of the progenitors of the Ten Thousand Races was equivalent to the weakest tier of Ancestral Gods.

Therefore, even if someone completely restored their race's Origin Gene, they would only be equivalent to the weakest of Ancestral Gods.

Of course, this referred to ordinary races. Strong Races like the Witch Race are not included in this. Their Racial Talents are abnormally strong. Restoring their complete Origin Gene would grant them their Racial Talent in its complete form, making them incredibly powerful.

But in reality, among the Ancestral Gods of the major races today, including the Witch Race, almost no one besides the Defiled became an Ancestral God by restoring their own race's Origin Gene. They all did it by pillaging the Origin Genes of other races.

Becoming an Ancestral God by restoring one's Origin Gene means your upper limit is to be one of the weaker Ancestral Gods. To advance further, one still has to pillage the Origin Genes of other races.

As for exotic beasts, their disadvantage compared to Intelligent Races is that they undergo "growth evolution" rather than Pillage Evolution.

Therefore, the peak of an exotic beast's power is the Ancestral God level. There is no path beyond that.

They can neither pillage other races nor devour their own kind. Every exotic beast that grows to the Ancestral God level is already unique and can be considered a race of its own.

Thus, the Ancestral God level is the ceiling for exotic beasts. In terms of combat power, they are the type of Ancestral Gods at the very bottom of the ladder.

In fact, one could also understand it this way: the Ancestral God level is the limit for all races, including the Intelligent Races.

Reaching the Ancestral God level means the potential of that race has been completely unearthed.

It's just that Intelligent Races can also pillage other races to move closer to the original Creator God, and only by doing so can they break their limits.

'No wonder Mr. Ao said the Creation Dream Butterfly couldn't develop its dream ability to the limit. It turns out it's restricted by its power and evolutionary level.'

As an Ancestral God-level exotic beast, the Creation Dream Butterfly had already reached the pinnacle among exotic beasts, with no more room for growth.

But it's a different story once this dream ability is mastered by an Intelligent Race. Intelligent Races have higher upper limits and greater possibilities.

Thinking of the dream ability's many wondrous uses, Su Ze found himself starting to covet the skill.

'I have yet another reason to strive to become stronger.'

Normally, for Su Ze's three skill slots during the God-level stage, a Star God must pillage a skill from a Moon God-level opponent, and a Moon God must pillage a skill from a Sun God-level opponent. Both require fighting above one's level.

Although difficult, it wasn't entirely impossible to achieve.

Only at the Sun God level, where one needs to pillage an Ancestral God, does the gap span a major life-tier, making it almost impossible to accomplish.

That's why Mr. Ao specifically left behind an Ancestral God-level extract.

Moreover, considering that God-level skills must be obtained through pillaging—which means personally killing the target—he even used dream energy to keep the golden heart in a state of partial activity, allowing Su Ze to complete the "kill."

'He was as thoughtful as ever.'

This Ancestral God-level extract could be considered the most precious of all the resources Mr. Ao left behind.

Besides that, there was a pile of other tier-7 and tier-8 resources, with very few tier-9 resources.

These resources were notable for their sheer quantity and variety. There were many materials and natural medicines to aid evolution, enough to comprehensively satisfy the evolutionary needs for the Legend and Star God levels.

In contrast, extraordinary items were rare.

Su Ze suspected that Mr. Ao had intentionally traded some high-quality tier-8 and tier-9 resources for these ordinary tier-7 and tier-8 ones, with the goal of allowing the migrating members of the Human Race to smoothly increase their strength in the future.

After all, Mr. Ao probably hadn't been some wealthy tycoon. Despite his great power, he had enemies everywhere and no Strong Race to back him. His financial resources were limited, so he had to plan his spending carefully.

He had left Su Ze an expensive Sun God-level Spaceship, and although it was a Beggar's Edition, its value was still astonishing.

He also had to build this massive planet as a base, which must have been a considerable expense. By the time of his death, Su Ze figured, he probably hadn't had many savings left.

Among these resources, Su Ze also sensed a few that were suitable for himself.

He planned to wait until the thirty thousand people he brought had all settled in and the development of Zexing was on the right track, then he would enter seclusion to sort out his skills.